Faucet



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT ESKE, OF RAVENSWOOD, ILLINOIS.

FAU C ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,523, dated June 7, 1881.

Application filed April 5, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, ALBERT EsKE, ofltavenswood, in the county of (Jock and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in view is to produce a cheap and simple faucet by which the flow of the liquid can be governed exactly and can be quickly stopped and started; and my invention consists in the combination, construction, and arrangement of the peculiar devices employed by me for this purpose, as fully hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure is an elevation of the faucet, and Fi 2 a vertical section of the same.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in both figures.

A is the horizontal body of the faucet, which has, as usual, a tapered screw-threaded end. At its outer end the body A is connected, or castin one piece, with a vert ieal barrel, 1%, which is preferably straight, and is arranged at right angles to said body, extending above as well as below said body. A curved pipe or elbow, 0, projects from the body A into the barrel 13, its upper end standing vertically in the center of such barrel. 'lhis pipe 0 forms a eontinuation of the bore of the body A, and its open upper end serves as a seat for the verticallyworkin g plun ger-Valve D. The valve D is faced with suitable packing, and it has a stem or rod,

E, which projects upwardly through the cap F. of the barrel B. The cap h is preferably of dome shape, and it is secured tothebarrel B by a screw-joint, a, such cap being provided with a milled rib, l), by which it is turned onto or oil of the barrel.

A metal washer, G, is held between the lower edge of the cap 1" and a shoulder, c, on the barrel B, in which washer the rod E is guided, as well as in the cap. Below the washer G is placed a spiral spring, ll, which forces the plunger 1) down upon the open end of the pipe 0, and is compressed sut'iicient'ly to hold the plunger-valve to its seat and preventleakage.

in a slot, (1, in the cap F is pivoted a thumblcver, .l, the inner end ol which projects into a slot, 0, in the stem or rod 1*]. By depressing the thumb-lever I the valve will be raised and the liquid will flow from the faucet. As before stated, the amount of this tiow can be governed exactly, and the llow can be instantly shut off orstartedbyreleasingordepressingthethumblever.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- The faucet; described, consisting of body A, barrel 1 curved pipe 0, plunger-valve D, rod E, screw-cap F, washer G, spring H, and

thumb-lever I, all constructed, arranged, and

combined substantially as set. forth and shown.

ALBERT ESKE.

Witnesses F. W. KASEHAGEN, OLIVER W. MARBLE. 

